The best decade for music?

[bluzcat]

I guess I'm the odd-ball "other". I'd say '68-'83 was prime for rock and roll. As a musician myself, I believe the degradation of popular music is almost as sad the the demise of shop class in High School. MTV ruined it for everybody, it's all a beauty contest. The internet finished it off. Back in the old days, there was anticipation for the next album by an artist, and if their picture wasn't on the album sleeve, you may not even know what they looked like. Today, someone hears a Tom Petty song and if they like it can go on the internet, read a dozen bio's and download everything he's ever recorded in just one evening. Yeah, that's great and convienent, but it seems to easy to me. Instant gratification is not all it's cracked up to be. Wow, did I get OT. Sorry. If I had to vote for one decade, make it the seventies. The staying power of the classic riffs from the 70's is nothing short of amazing. Do you really think you'll be hearing Beyonce or Myley Cyrus tunes in car commecials or movie soundtracks 35 years from now?

[Hoover]

The 60's had a very rich menu of music to choose from
Surf music- The Ventures, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, etc
Folk music-Kingston Trio, New Christy Minstrels, Joan Baez, etc
Protest music-Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Buffalo Springfield, etc
Wall of Sound-Phil Spector's girl band groups, etc
Psychedelic-Iron Butterfly, Jimi Hendrix, Doors, The Who, etc
British Invasion-The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Moody Blues, Kinks, etc
And of course-Woodstock '69

[germdoc]

The 60's had a very rich menu of music to choose from
Surf music- The Ventures, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, etc
Folk music-Kingston Trio, New Christy Minstrels, Joan Baez, etc
Protest music-Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Buffalo Springfield, etc
Wall of Sound-Phil Spector's girl band groups, etc
Psychedelic-Iron Butterfly, Jimi Hendrix, Doors, The Who, etc
British Invasion-The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Moody Blues, Kinks, etc
And of course-Woodstock '69

The sad thing is that with a few exceptions all of the above are dead or have lost key members of their group, or are in prison (Phil Spector).

Of the above, Dylan, Brian Wilson, Joan Baez, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Ray Davies are still out there plugging away with a reasonable amount of creativity and youthful energy...

[Hoover]

The sad thing is that with a few exceptions all of the above are dead or have lost key members of their group, or are in prison (Phil Spector).

Of the above, Dylan, Brian Wilson, Joan Baez, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Ray Davies are still out there plugging away with a reasonable amount of creativity and youthful energy...

Good point!! The 60s were truly a time of excess and experimentation.

I also forgot to include the Motown sound and soul music. Although we lost many of the 60s stars, the music lives on in tribute bands, CDs, and videos. I am glad to have grown up in the 60s, the music made it all easier to remember.

[billwmeyer]

I agree with Bruce. The 60's up until the first disco song of the 70's.

The songs from that era goes on and on, and as somebody noted, you still get them in commmercials today, and it seems like every age recognizes them.

Charlie has a good point though, I love classical music also. Bethoven, Bach, etc. If I am really stressed, I turned to classical and it almost always helps.

Bill

[Ed62]

I guess it's time for me to vote. I voted the 70s, although the 60s were a very close second, in my opinion. And we can't possibly forget Patsy Cline (as well as others) making it big in the 50s. Since I like just about all of it, it's hard to choose.

Ed

[MilDoc]

I agree with Bruce. The 60's up until the first disco song of the 70's.

Bill

Absolutely! When "disco" hit I REALLY "dropped out."

[crokett]

I voted for the 70s. I listen to a lot of classic rock. I also listen to some swing/big band and classical as well.

[Tom Slick]

I voted 60's although it's not my favorite music. I think the variety and creativity of music in the 60's is wonderful, folk, rock, blues, jazz and many others. Rock certainly flourished in the 60/70/80s. I was born later so I can enjoy protest songs without the emotions of that time period. My dad on the other hand hates them.

[sparkeyjames]

I also want to say that alot of the groups that formed in the 60's did not do their best work until the early 70's. Led Zeppelin , Pink Floyd , The Who, Neil Young all had their smash hit albums in the early 70's.

Also modern country music came to the forfront in the mid to late 70's as well.

[WayneJ]

Mid sixties till disco came in. Also liked country music but you can't find any in the N.Y N.J. area any more, only on sat radio. WWVA was a good country station back in the fifties.
Wayne

[luteman]

1675 to 1685

[germdoc]

1675 to 1685

So you're a 70's and 80's kind of guy...

[3thumbs]

I grew up in the sixties, and turned 21 in that decade. The only way that any of the lyrics ever made any sense (in the late sixties) was when you were under the influence of something illegal!

[germdoc]

I grew up in the sixties, and turned 21 in that decade. The only way that any of the lyrics ever made any sense (in the late sixties) was when you were under the influence of something illegal!

"Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies..."

"One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall..."

"Theres a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur victrola, listening to buck owens,
Doodoodoo, lookin' out my back door..."

"Superman or Green Lantern ain't got a-nothin' on me
I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yeah!
A you-you-you can just sit there a-thinking on your velvet throne
'bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own.
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine,
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind..."


What on earth makes you say that??